Boris Johnson lays flowers at scene of David Amess death amid terror inquiry

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, alongside Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle , Labour leader Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Priti Patel, at the scene near Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid flowers at the scene of the fatal stabbing of MP David Amess, which police believe could be linked to Islamist extremism.

Mr Johnson, accompanied by Labour leader Keir Starmer, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and Home Secretary Priti Patel, laid a wreath at the front of Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, where Mr Amess was killed on Friday.